> I must be missing something obvious. I have come across several > references to > Python.Net more or less working with Mono on Linux, although not > reliably. The > thing is, I don't understand how it can work. The interop assemblies (eg > CLR.dll) are .NET assemblies, which means they are also PE > format, not ELF. > > On Windows, the DLL is loaded and the CLR initialized automagically by the > Windows/.NET loaders. But how does this work on Linux?
The hack of getting CLR.dll to bootstrap Python for .NET into an existing running CPython does *not* work on Linux. It works on windows because there is a way to do 'unmanaged exports' from a managed dll that windows understands. I (ab)use this to trick CPython into thinking its just loading a normal C extension module. On linux, you have to run the managed version of python.exe that comes with the package. Brian Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] V.P. Engineering 540.361.1716 Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com _________________________________________________ Python.NET mailing list - PythonDotNet@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythondotnet
